The Spicy Spatula

I don’t know about you guys but I don’t do a lot of entertaining anymore. Back in my 20’s and even some in my 30’s, I was the queen of the dinner party and would often welcome my nearest and dearest to my home for a good meal, great conversation and awesome drinks.

I’m not really sure why it stopped. Maybe it’s because life goes on and we moved out of the country or maybe it’s because we went vegan and so many people are weird about eating vegan food…like apples and potatoes. Either way, we haven’t done it much in recent years which means I haven’t had a good excuse to do a proper cheese board.

My husband did a Vegan Charcuterie Board recently and that inspired me to do one of my own, only you know with a bit more of a feminine touch. Does anyone do Pinterest anymore? I still love it and I use it for a lot of different things from memes to cocktail recipes and to promote my books, of course. But if you’re ever in doubt about the creativity of the world, just type in vegan charcuterie boards and see what pops up. Prepare to be AMAZED.

Anyway there was no occasion for this other than it was the Friday before our anniversary and I had a good long workout and I wasn’t really in the mood to do a lot of cooking. I compromised with myself to do a lot of chopping and slicing to make this board and we enjoyed a vegan Bordeaux with it while we watched a movie.

It was yummy and easy to make and you can substitute anything you don’t like with something you do!

What You’ll Need:

*Bamboo board
*Ramekins
*Bread knife

Ingredients:

*Vegan cheese
*Fruit
*Olives
*Vegan meats (salami, sausage, ham etc…)
*Jam
*Dip
*Crackers
*Bread

Assemble

The key to a good cheese board is variety. Whether your plan is to make individual boards like I did or one big enough for a crowd, diversity is key. Put a little bit of everything to wow the tastebuds. You don’t need a lot of any particular thing because you can mix and match the flavors in dozens of ways.

As for assembly, I recommend you head to Pinterest or maybe you just have more of an eye for these things than I do because I went with a simple board because I’m a simple girl. However I wish I had the skill to make some of the prettier, fancier ones.

Decide how you want to chop and slice things, lay it on the board and then accept all the praise heaped upon your for making an eye-catching vegan cheese and sausage board.

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